At 12:22 AM 5/3/2010, Don Hanson wrote: >place then store it and return with the proper hose? No, at 5 times >that price, the tape was worth it...And it did really work, about >1/2" away from the head of my inline four motor. Fair enough. <g> Mike used it to get his beast from BBTB in Maine down to Virginia, which made him quite happy too. He doesn't let anyone else touch his van, so you may visualize him lying underneath for an hour with his oxygen tank, wrapping a difficult location on one of the fore-and-aft pipes. The tinfoil (or a Ziploc bag) is a good idea, since dirt bothers it. Should keep indefinitely, more or less, in storage or in service. Mike's roll was black, but I got a bright yellow one to replace it. Minimum stretch for application is 1.5x -- if you stretch at least that much (up to 3x) and don't get too much dirt on it, it fuses in a minute or two; enough to let go of anyway. At that point with two or three turns on it should be plenty strong to use since it works in tension. Yours, d |
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